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Welcome to Design Lives, an ongoing project to catalogue the personal and professional stories of Vancouver's design community. The project launched September 14th with a series of interviews conducted in the window of Inform Interiors, 50 Water Street Gastown.
These videos are recorded in an improvisational style in public and commercial spaces. Any variations in sound reflect the often noisy places where they took place. Each video was recorded in high-definition video, so you may experience challenges viewing on mobile devices or with slower internet browsers.
Isaac Marshall leads a team of experiential designers making their mark internationally. Aldrich Pears Associates was recently awarded the exhibition design contract for the National Children’s Museum in Washington, DC. The established firm’s work in the Middle East and throughout North America consistently wins awards and fans. www.aldrichpears.com
From the Gov. General Award-winning Nkimip Cutural Centre in Osoyoos to his own home in Strathcona, Bruce Haden’s designs reflect a belief in social relationships and collaboration as key to truly sustainable and successful places. His son Griffin made a special guest appearance in this Sept 2011 interview. www.designdialog.ca
Joel Berman is constantly seeking and finding new ways to express emotion, story and drama with his medium of choice, cast glass. Joel is also dedicated to finding ways to reflect diversity and intercultural understanding in his studio, which he discusses in this September 2011 interview. www.jbermanglass.com
David Allison is one of the principals of Braun Allison. A keen observer of art and design, Allison’s firm uses savvy social media, innovative video, and high impact graphic and three dimensional design to connect placemakers with their audiences. www.braunallison.com
Judson Beaumont has a whimsical, distinctive style that is part twisted fairy tale and part loving homage to his medium of choice, wood. Celebrated by audiences around the world, he is also a generous mentor and is increasingly looking at ways to use pine beetle wood culled from BC forests in his fine designs. www.straightlinedesigns.com
Shawn Place is winning kudos from media and buyers alike for the simple, clean grace of his furniture designs. Mentored by Niels and Nancy Bendtsen, his sublime rocking chairs are fast becoming a design world fave. www.ShawnPlace.ca
A sculpture by Propellor Design was recently featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC. It’s no surprise to those who know the team of Toby Barratt, Nick Rust and Pam Goddard, but despite how far their work travels, they are deeply rooted in Vancouver stories, materials and sense of place. www.propellor.ca
Christian Woo is a furniture designer winning acclaim for his clean contemporary style and heirloom quality craftsmanship. Design writers and observers across North America are discovering his work bringing greater awareness to Vancouver-based wood design. www.christianwoo.com
Celebrated London-based designer Jeremy Cole is quite clear about what he believes to be important in this interview with Nancy Bendtsen: elegance, beauty and craftsmanship. A simple credo yet one imbued with great meaning when you hear more about his personal story and experience his porcelain lighting fixtures in person.
One of the world’s most celebrated/ provocative designers, it’s clear the ideation of Ross Lovegrove is a generation or two ahead of his own. Ross sat down with Inform Interiors’ Nancy Bendtsen for a free ranging interview on the creative process. The interview was filmed during the Sept 2011 IDSwest show.
A project of IDS West and Inform Interiors / Media sponsor: Vancouver is Awesome.
